Riget II (1997)

Country of Origin: Sweden/Italy/France/Norway/Germany/Denmark
Dates of Original Broadcast: 1997
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes:
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: 16mm (location shots)/video (studio shots)
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Danmarks Radio/Det Danske Filminstitut/La Sept-Arte/Liberator Productions/NRK/Radiotelevisione Italiana/Sveriges Television/Zentropa Entertainments
Co-Producer: Marianne Slot

SCRIPT
Script: Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel

DIRECTION
Directed by: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Eric Kress

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Pernille Bech Christensen, Molly Marlene Stensgård
Assistant Editor: Pelle Folmer
On-Line Editor: Peter Kornbek
Post-Production Assistant: Tine Grew Pfeiffer

MUSIC
Music by: Joachim Holbek

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Peter Christian Hansen
Sound: Hans Møller

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Annelise Bailey
Make Up: Jeanet Keil, Birthe Lyngsøe

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Kim Olsson, Lis Olsson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Lars Kolding Andersen, Annette Rolfshøj

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Jette Lehmann, Hans Christian Lindholm

LOCATIONS
Locations: Copenhagen, Denmark; Paris, France; Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Studio: TV-Byen, Søborg, Denmark

STUNTS
Stunts: Hans Peter Ludvigsen

CAST
Ernst-Hugo Järegård (Stig Helmer)
Peter Mygind (Mogge)
Kirsten Rolffes (Sigrid Drusse)
Holger Juul Hansen (Dr Moesgaard)
Søren Pilmark (Krogshøj)
Ghita Nørby (Rigmor Mortensen)
Jens Okking (Bulder)
Ole Boisen (Christian)
Birthe Neumann (Mrs Svendsen)
Otto Brandenburg (Hansen)
Erik Wedersøe (Ole)
Baard Owe (Professor Palle Bondo)
Birgitte Raaberg (Judith Bang Petersen)
Henning Jensen (Bob)
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen (priest #1)
Michelle Bjørn-Andersen (paediatrician)
Laura Christensen (Mona)
Ulrik Cold (narrator)
Annevig Schelde Ebbe (Mary)
Jannie Faurschou (orthopaedist)
Henrik Fiig (car crash victim)
Claus Flygare (Detective Nielsen)
Louise Fribo (Susanne Jeppesen - Sanne)
Vera Gebuhr (Gerda)
Peter Gilsfort (voice of dishwasher 2)
John Hahn-Petersen (Nivesen)
Mette Hald (cross girl)
Peter Hartmann (removal man)
Solbjørg Højfeldt (Camilla)
Anders Hove (celebrant)
Paul Hüttel (Dr Steenbaek)
Kim Jansson (Detective Jensen)
Birger Jensen (rengøringsmand)
Søren Elung Jensen (man in top hat)
Vita Jensen (dishwasher 1)
Ruth Junker (voice of dishwasher 1)
Annette Ketscher (casualty nurse)
Udo Kier (Lillebror/Aage Krüger)
Thomas Bo Larsen (Falken)
Morten Rotne Leffers (dishwasher 2)
Britta Lillesøe (woman in bed)
Hanne Løvendahl (patient)
Lars Lunøe (Minister of Health)
Timm Mehrens (operating theatre doctor)
Tine Miehe-Renard (night nurse)
Bjarne G. Nielsen (new hospital pastor)
Claus Nissen (Madsen)
Klaus Pagh (bailiff)
Holger Perfort (Professor Ulrich)
Dorit Stender Petersen (assisting nurse)
Mette Munk Plum (Mona's mother)
Lise Schrøder (nurse 2)
Fash Shodeinde (Philip Marco)
Michael Simpson (man from Haiti)
Stellan Skarsgård (Stig Helmer's lawyer)
Jens Jørn Spottag (Attorney Bisgaard)
Tomas Stender (student)
Steen Svare (man in overalls)
Birte Tove (nurse 1)
Helle Virkner (Mrs Mortensen)
Lars von Trier (himself)
Klaus Wegener (casualty doctor)
Julie Wieth (paediatric nurse)
Philip Zandén (Dr Jönsson)
Torben Zeller (crematorium worker)

PLOT SUMMARY

'Little Brother', the son of serial killer murderer Aage Kroeger and nurse Judith, is born at Kingdom Hospital. Doctor Helmer uses a poison he's picked up in Haiti to turn Krogshoej into a zombie while Mrs Drusse is hit by the phantom taxi. It's just another normal day at Kingdom Hospital...

AVAILABILITY

Denmark
Television Broadcaster: Danmarks Radio
Theatrical Distributors: Camera Film
DVD Distributors: Electric Parc ApS/Trust Film Sales

Germany
DVD Distributors: KOCH Media Deutschland GmbH

Israel
DVD Distributors: Nachshon Films

Japan
Video Distributors: SPO
DVD Distributors: SPO

Taiwan
DVD Distributors: Fejui Media Corporation

USA
Theatrical Distributors: October Films
DVD Distributors: Midget Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R (DVD)

Germany
Rating: 16

Hong Kong
Rating: IIB

Iceland
Rating: 14

Norway
Rating: 15

South Korea
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

AWARDS

1998
Bodil Awards, Denmark
Bedste mandlige hovedrolle (Holger Juul Hansen) - winner
Bedste kvindelige birolle (Birgitte Raaberg) - winner

1999
Fantasporto, Portugal (International Fantasy Film Award)
Best Director (Lars von Trier) - winner
Best Screenplay (Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred) - winner
Best Film (Lars von Trier) - nominated

TIMELINE

1997
September
5: Italy - shown at the Venice Film Festival

November
1: Iceland - shown at the Reykjavik Film Festival

December
25: Sweden - theatrical release

1998
May
6: USA - theatrical release

June
11: Netherlands - theatrical release

July
15: France - theatrical release

1999
March
2: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

2000
October
29: Hong Kong - shown at the European Film Festival

2006
March
1: USA - DVD release (Midget Entertainment)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Geister II - German title
L'Hôpital et ses fantômes - French title
Hospital der Geister - Teil 2 - German video title
Lars von Triers Riget II - Danish DVD title
Riket 2 - Norwegian title
The Kingdom II - French theatrical/UK/US title
Valtakunta - Finnish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Riget (1994)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Bagom Riget II og Lars von Trier: Instruktøren holder fridag (1997)
I Lars von Triers rige (1999) (TV)
Lars from 1-10 (1998)
Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997)

KEYWORDS

ambulances, babies, demons, doctors, down's syndrome, elevators, ghosts, hospitals, porters, sequels, spirits, tigers, zombies

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008